I was involved in very late-in-the-game beta testing on this product, and if they truly worked out the bevy of issues still at play when the cycle closed, it will rock! I work in a mixed-platform environment (Mac, NT, SGI) and the Mac lagged in terms of OpenGL support, which C2 leans HEAVILY on...but running in OS X is supposed to help on several fronts. I ordered my copy today...$750 upgrade from 1.0 at Toolfarm, $3495 for a new seat. But decide/buy fast, because prices are going up, i.e. $5K in February! My biggest complaint...since it's 3-D space is handled differently than After Effect, some of most powerful/useful AE plug-ins (think Maya Paint Effects and Zaxwerks 3-D invigorator) won't work. I hope that's a huge, "won't work YET," but we'll see.